George Brett

Hall of Fame

Third Base

1973—1993

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Player LeveL
Legend
Top 100 Rank
#28
Third Base RANK
#3

Player Detail

George Howard
GIVEN NAME
Brett
SURNAME
May 15, 1953, in Glen Dale, WV
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1973—1993
Playing Career
Played from 20-40
PLAYING AGE
Kansas City Royals
Teams Played For
Third Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Kansas City Royals
PRIMARY TEAM
1985
World Series titles
Mullet
NICKNAME
5
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 185
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
August 2, 1973
Major League Debut
October 3, 1993
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Third Baseman —
— Royals ALL-TIME TEAM —

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  • George Brett Scouting Report

80

HITTING

70

POWER

60

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

30

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2707
3154
317
1596
.305
13 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
1980 AL MVP

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
70.9
57.0

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.857
.713
120.7

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.305
.369
.487

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Buddy Bell
Graig Nettles
Doug DeCinces
Mike Schmidt

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.320
.383
.506

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Darrell Porter
John Mayberry
Frank White
Freddie Patek
Kevin Seitzer
Willie Wilson
Amos Otis
Bo Jackson
Bret Saberhagen
David Cone
Whitey Herzog

George Brett Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Brett
534
163
82
34
7
16
82
57
47
10
260
221
.305
.369
.487
857
AVG 3B
536
140
68
24
3
12
50
76
7
207
194
.261
.326
.387
.713

George Brett Rankings

AT Third Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
3
4
4
5
3
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Third Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
5
5
4
3
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

George Brett PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
88.6
53.2
38.5
26.3
5.30
70.0
44.1
31.5
21.6
5.03
BLUE = George Brett
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
436.1
221.5
153.5
106.2
26.0
347.8
200.2
143.2
95.5
25.6
BLUE = George Brett
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B